What's on Tonight (Friday): Big Mouth Returns to Squirt the Hard Truths...

 

Big Mouth

I often wonder how I would have reacted to Big Mouth had it aired when I was going through puberty.  I've got two sons who are right in the middle of it (ages 12 and 13), and they seem to have no interest in this show.  Perhaps it's easier to laugh at this sort of stuff once you're not going through it anymore, but I believe Big Mouth would actually be a pretty educational show to watch for anyone in the throes of pubescence.  It's also really fucking funny.

Elsewhere...

*Amazon has new series, The Devil's Hour, where Peter Capaldi plays a man that might be some sort of time traveling serial killer.  Steven Moffatt is one of the Executive Producers.  No word yet if the final episode shows him regenerating into Jodie Whitaker.

*Apple has a new Louis Armstrong documentary, Louis Armstrong's Balck & Blues.  For the kids, Armstrong is the guy that sings "What a Wonderful World," a song that has been used ironically in TV and film since the late 60's.

*HBO Max has a new action/comedy series called ¡García!, which is about a spy from 1960's fascist Spain being accidentally unfrozen in the present day by a reporter.  Will there be culture shock?  Oh, you better believe there'll be culture shock.  

*Netflix has a new animated film called Wendell & Wild.  It also has a new live action film called Wild is the Wind.  One is decidedly a family film, and one decidedly is not.  I look forward to stories of people mixing the two up.

I watched the first two episodes of last week's Top Pick, The Peripheral.  The first episode was underwhelming with a lot of exposition and set up.  The second episode was much better beginning with a great action sequence and getting into the nuts and bolts of what the story actually is.  I'll be seeing this one through.

TOP PICK

⭐👄 Big Mouth (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON SIX.  'Season six focuses on the theme of family as the beloved characters continue each of their journeys, discovering that while you can’t always pick your family, you can surround yourself with those that love you for who you are.'

PREMIERES

The Devil's Hour

🎥 Run Sweetheart Run (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 'Timid and hard-working single mother Cherie brushes away hesitations and decides to dip her toe back into the dating scene after being spurred on by her co-workers. She is thrilled when her boss sets her up on a blind date with Ethan, who initially proves every bit as charming and magnetic as his photo. Ethan cannot hide his true nature for very long though—and when things quickly turn sinister, Cherie must find a way to escape.'

😈 The Devil's Hour (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Lucy wakes every night at exactly 3:33am. Nothing in her life has made sense for a long time. But the answers are out there, somewhere, at the end of a trail of brutal murder. Starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine.'

🎵 Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (Apple, 12:01 AM) 'Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective.  From musical phenom to civil rights activist to world-renowned artist, this illuminating film shows sides of Armstrong few have seen.'

🎥 Stars at Noon (Hulu, 12:01 AM) 'In 1984's Nicaragua, a mysterious English businessman and a headstrong American journalist strike up a romance as they soon become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.'

🔔 ¡García! (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'A young reporter quickly becomes embroiled in an elaborate political conspiracy after accidentally defrosting a cryogenically frozen secret agent from the 1960s. Finding himself thrust into a fractured modern world, Garcia, a former pawn in fascist dictator Francisco Franco's regime, must rely on Antonia's help to fit in - and decide where his loyalties lie amid a conspiracy to upend the Spanish government.'

🎥 All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'When 17-year-old Paul joins the Western Front in World War I, his initial excitement is soon shattered by the grim reality of life in the trenches.'

😈 The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Caught between two warring clans, the son of a notorious witch responsible for a deadly massacre tries to find his place in the world — and his powers.'

🔔 Becoming Abi (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 'Inspired by real events, this six-part comedy series follows a young, female millennial, who finds herself overcoming numerous obstacles and challenges as she ascends in a leading advertising agency in Nigeria. As she navigates her way through the cut-throat world of advertising, she must learn to co-exist with her bosses, make friends and maybe even find love.'

🍸 Drink Masters (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'World-class mixologists showcase their dazzling cocktail-crafting skills as they compete for a $100K prize — and the title of Ultimate Drink Master.'

Wendell & Wild

👀 I Am a Stalker (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Convicted stalkers and survivors share harrowing accounts of harassment, abuse and other crimes in this documentary series.'

🔔 If Only (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Ten years into a disappointing marriage, Emma is struggling to cope — until she gets an unbelievable opportunity to live the past decade all over again.'

🔔 Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'In 2004, a brutal predator was lynched in a courtroom. This is the story of the community he terrorized — and the vengeance they unleashed.'

👻 My Encounter with Evil (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Real people who believe their lives were touched by demonic possession recount their experiences through reenactments and testimonies.'

🔔 Shards of Her (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Waking up from a coma, an accomplished headhunter finds herself in an alternate reality where she has to revisit an excruciating childhood trauma.'

🎥 Wendell & Wild (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Two scheming demons strike a deal with a punk rock-loving teen so they can leave the Underworld and live out their dreams in the Land of the Living.'

🎥 Wild is the Wind (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'When two corrupt police officers investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, tensions come to a head in their small, racially-segregated town.'

🥛 Milk Street's Cooking School (Roku, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'With appealing, approachable recipes from around the world, Christopher Kimball and his team of experts seek to inspire home cooks to try new techniques, ingredients, and tools that will make them more confident, more successful, and more excited to get in the kitchen.'

🥛 Milk Street's My Family Recipe (Roku, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'Few things evoke such emotion as food shared with family. With a combination of historical context and modern culinary know-how, Christopher Kimball and James Beard Award Finalist Cheryl Day will help home cooks recreate lost or forgotten cherished family recipes.'

¡García!

🎥 Resurrection (Shudder, 3:01 AM) 'Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David, a man from her past, returns.

🔔 A Party to Die For (Tubi, 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENATION. ' Sadie arrives in Los Angeles after escaping an unsavory past and reinvents herself as the successful socialite that she has always dreamed of being. She befriends Jessica, a fun, slightly reckless daughter of a Vegas tycoon. After a night of debauchery, Sadie awakens to Jessica asking for help to get rid of a body, bonding the two of them by their grim decision and their dark secret.'

🧟‍♂️ Monster High (Nickelodeon, 7:00 PM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'A comedy-adventure series following the teenage children of famous monsters.'

🔔 Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview (ABC, 8:00 PM)

🎥 A Cozy Christmas Inn (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) 'A real estate executive travels to Alaska during the holidays to acquire a bed-and-breakfast, only to discover it's owned by her ex. She's soon falling in love with the town and quite possibly him all over again.'

🎥 My Nightmare Office Affair (LMN, 8:00 PM) 'When Nick tries to break things off with Lisa, he finds himself in a dangerous game that threatens his job, his family and his life.'

👻 Ghosts of Flight 401 (Travel, 8:00 PM) 'Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza team up to uncover the horrifying truth about the crash of Eastern Flight 401; they head into the heart of the Florida Everglades to contact the victims' ghosts and find out what really happened that fateful night in 1972.'

🎵 Dia de los Muertos (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'A musical celebration of the cultural fiesta celebrated by people of Mexican heritage; performers include Los Lobos, Ozomatli and Flor de Toloache.'

💀 Urban Legend (Travel, 10:00 PM) 'Based on widely shared "true" stories that happened to a friend of a friend ... of a friend, each episode of URBAN LEGEND is a mini-horror film cinematically crafted to deliver a hyper-suspenseful and tension-fueled experience.'

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 

STREAMING

🔔 The Peripheral (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🔔 Acapulco (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Glory Days" 

🔔 Central Park (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Money Candy"

🔔 The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple, 12:01 AM) 

🔔 Shantaram (Apple, 12:01 AM) "The Sin in the Crime"

🔔 High School (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

👻 Ghost Brothers: Lights Out (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

👻 Haunted Scotland (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🍴 In the Kitchen with Abner and Amanda (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Vale dos Esquecidos (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Who's Talking to Chris Wallace (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🍰 The Great British Baking Show (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

🔔 My Dream Quinceañera (Paramount, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Martha Gardens (Roku, 3:01 AM) 

👮‍♂️ Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

SPORTSBALL TONIGHT/TODAY LIVE

🏎 NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Dead on Tools 250, Qualifying (USA, 4:00 PM)

🏎 Formula 1 Racing: Mexico Grand Prix, Practice 2 (ESPNews, 4:55 PM)

🏈 College Football: Yale at Columbia (ESPNU, 6:30 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards (ESPN, 7:30 PM)

🏈 College Football: Louisiana Tech at Florida International (CBSSN, 8:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: East Carolina at BYU (ESPN2, 8:00 PM)

⚾ 2022 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros (Fox, 8:00 PM)

🏈 High School Football: Basha at Chandler (ESPNU, 10:00 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: New Orleans Pelicans at Phoenix Suns (ESPN, 10:05 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ Golf: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Third Round (ESPN2, 1:00 AM)

Stars at Noon

MIDNIGHT

🎵 Tallboyz (Fuse, 12:00 AM) "You Always Pick Scissors" X

EARLY PRIMETIME

🧟‍♂️ Monster High (Nickelodeon, 7:00 PM) 'Human girl, Clawdeen, follows her instincts and discovers Monster High; when she isn't allowed into the school because she's human, she devises other ways to get into Monster High.'

💲 People Puzzler (GSN, 6:00 PM) 
💲 America Says (GSN, 7:30 PM) 

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

🔔 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW, 8:00 PM) 'Featured magicians Yann Yuro, Helen Coghlan, Jason Michaels and Alexander Boyce.'

🔔 The Villains of Valley View (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) 'Starling returns to Valley View, revealing the superheroes who accused her of helping the Maddens, and now she's on the run; Bad Jake returns and shrinks Vic and Eva.'

🔔 The Lincoln Project (Showtime, 8:00 PM) 'The election is called for Biden, but all is not well in the Lincoln Project; Trump denounces the election and plays upon the paranoia of his followers to drum up support in his efforts to overturn the result.'

🔔 Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview (ABC, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ S.W.A.T. (CBS, 8:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 College Bowl (NBC, 8:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM) 
🎥 A Cozy Christmas Inn (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) 
🎥 My Nightmare Office Affair (LMN, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Smurfs (Nickelodeon, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Ready to Love (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
💀 An Unexpected Killer (Oxygen, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 
👻 Ghosts of Flight 401 (Travel, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon, 8:15 PM) 
🔔 Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (Disney Channel, 8:30 PM) 

All Quiet on the Western Front

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🔥 Fire Country (CBS, 9:00 PM) 'The crew engages in a search and rescue mission after a building collapses and Division Chief Sharon is forced to make a gut-wrenching decision.'

🍴 Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 'Guy Fieri's got sweet and savory when he tries knock-out candy apples at a treat truck in Pembroke, NC, and visits a tried-and-true butcher shop in Brigantine, NJ. An old school Jersey City diner has a new name, but the pancakes are still the same.'

👽 The Unexplained (History, 9:00 PM) 'For centuries, fantastic tales of terrifying monsters have fascinated mankind; bizarre beasts of all shapes and sizes have been portrayed in some of history's most classic stories and folklore.'

🔔 Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 College Bowl (NBC, 8:00 PM) SEASON FINALE. 
🎵 Dia de los Muertos (PBS, 9:00 PM)
🔔 Raven's Home (Disney Channel, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 
🔨 Fixer Upper: The Castle (Magnolia, 9:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Killer Halloween Party (Oxygen, 9:00 PM)
💀 Fatal Attraction: Last Words (TVOne, 9:00 PM) 
💖 Love During Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 PM) 
🔨 Make Yourself at Home (Magnolia, 9:30 PM) 

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

👽 The Proof is Out There (History, 10:03 PM) 'Did a trail camera in Michigan capture footage of the elusive sasquatch? What caused a large flock of blackbirds to plunge to their death in Mexico? Is a ghostly phantom confirmation of a Filipino ghost legend?'

💀 Urban Legend (Travel, 10:00 PM) 'A troubled woman livestreams scenes of torture and execution to sadistic patrons in exchange for huge sums of cryptocurrency on the dark web; when her daughter is kidnapped, she must outwit the blackmailers, exacting bloody revenge in the process.'

👮‍♂️ Blue Bloods (CBS, 10:00 PM) 
🔔 Dateline NBC (NBC, 10:00 PM) 
🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
🔨 The Home Team with Britt and Annie (Magnolia, 10:00 PM) 
💀 Halloween Massacre (Oxygen, 10:00 PM)
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, 11:00 PM) 'Graham chats with Stormzy, Geena Davis. Stephen Graham and Motsi Mabuse. Stormzy performs his current single, Hide and Seek.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Actor Johnny Knoxville; actor Jake Lacy; Pusha T performs; Elena Bonomo sits in with the 8G Band.'

🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM)
🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 PM)
🔔 The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 AM)
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM) 

The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself

Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE

📺 The Andy Griffith Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (VH1, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); ER (Pop, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM); Living Single (TVOne, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); South Park (Comedy Central, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM); Hawaii Five-0 (Ion, 10:00 AM - 2:00 AM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM); Law & Order (Sundance, 1:00 PM - 2:00 AM); House (Pop, 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Office (Comedy Central, 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); One Day at a Time (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Three's Company (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 8:00 PM -9:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Land, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Barney Miller (Antennae, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); King of Queens (TV Land, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM); Designing Women (Antenna, 11:30 PM); Becker (Antenna, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM); Wings (Antennae, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM); Alice (Antenna, 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM) 

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Albert Weber; actor Robert Blake; actor Kelly Monteith; Tom Braden.'

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Zap2it; Netflix; Wikipedia; Horrornews.net; Sysfy.com; hollywoodreporter.com

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